Cranleigh. Home of Informed Choice.
Cranleigh, Surrey is famous for two reasons. First it is of course the home of award winning firm of Chartered...
Does your financial adviser still wear a tie?
The adviser forum LifeTalk is currently hosting a thread about whether or not financial advisers should wear a tie to...
5 things to consider before withdrawing your entire pension fund
From April 2015 you will be able to take the whole of your pension plan fund in one lump sum....
I’ve lost 11lbs in 3 weeks
I am close on 6′ 2” tall, shrinking a bit because of age and osteoarthritis of the spine. I have...
Not so much freedom after all
Freedom and choice in pensions allows, from April 2015, a pension plan owner to take the whole of their pension...
Your pension needs to last for this long
In my post yesterday I said that we often comment that people underestimate their life expectancy and that some people...
How long does your pension have to last?
We make the generalisation on a regular basis that people underestimate their life expectancy. We sometimes say that people significantly...
How would you feel?
Imagine that you are a Plumber. Imagine that the Government is worried, ahead of predicted cold snap, that a lot...
Polluter doesn’t pay for SIPP & UCIS compensation
We have written on this subject a number of times before but still the problem continues. The Financial Services Compensation...
Dear George
What follows is an open letter to Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, copied to Steve Webb...